ΥΠΟΣΚΕΛΙΣΑΙ, υποσκελισαι
YPOSKELISAI, yposkelisai
Sounds Like: hoo-pos-keh-LEE-sai
Translations: to trip up, to supplant, to overthrow, to deceive
From the root: ΥΠΟΣΚΕΛΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to trip someone up, either literally by causing them to stumble and fall, or figuratively by deceiving them or causing them to fail. It can also mean to supplant or overthrow someone from a position of power or influence. It implies an act of cunning or malice aimed at causing another's downfall.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5264 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 139:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms — 139:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΣΚΕΛΙΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΥΠΕΣΚΕΛΙΣΘΗΣΑΝ — they were tripped up, they were overthrown, they were made to stumble, they were entrapped
- ΥΠΟΣΚΕΛΙΖΩ — to trip up, to supplant, to overthrow, to deceive, to defraud
- ΥΠΟΣΚΕΛΙΣΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be tripped up, will stumble, will be overthrown, will be made to fall
- ΥΠΟΣΚΕΛΙΣΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be tripped up, they will stumble, they will be overthrown
- ΥΠΟΣΚΕΛΙΣΘΗΣΟΤΑΙ — will be tripped up, will be overthrown, will be supplanted, will be deceived
- ΥΠΟΣΚΕΛΙΣΟΝ — trip up, supplant, overthrow, cause to stumble
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